<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I would think that making America safe for Muslims depends more on our conduct of foreign policy than on an appreciation of rites of passage. Which is to say, making Muslims in the rest of the world safe from America. On the domestic front, it would be more helpful to compare and contrast between the treatment of those donating money to say, Israel vs. Palestine. For one you get a tax deduction, for the other a life sentence. Not to overblow the event, but I think that such a panel might promote complacency about what's really going on.</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> C. G. Estabrook <galliher@illinois.edu><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Morton K. Brussel <brussel@illinois.edu>; Peace <peace@anti-war.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, February 23, 2010 10:56:38 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Peace] [Fwd: Interfaith Panel Discussion Series 2010, Session Three]<BR></FONT><BR>Paul Weichsel has right-wing views on Israel-Palestine, but on the<BR>implicit topic of this panel - Jews, Christians, and Muslims getting<BR>along in the U.S. - he is a potential force for good.<BR><BR>Since Jews, Christians, and Muslims getting along in the U.S. - in<BR>particular, making America a safe space for Muslims - is also an<BR>important cause, I think this is a worthy effort.<BR><BR>Also,
the more we make America a safe space for Muslims, the more<BR>Muslims in the U.S. will feel confident in speaking out about<BR>Israel-Palestine, so perhaps the one cause will contribute to the<BR>other.<BR><BR>On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM, C. G. Estabrook <<A href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" ymailto="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>> Yeah, people like that should only appear on panels sponsored by AWARE,<BR>> right?<BR>><BR>> Morton K. Brussel wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Friendship with apologist for Israel's crimes Paul Weichsel? Disgusting!<BR>>> --mkb<BR>>><BR>>> On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:35 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> -------- Original Message --------<BR>>>><BR>>>> Speakers from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions will<BR>>>> have a conversation with everyone present contributing their
questions,<BR>>>> their ideas, and their thoughts.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Topic: Religious Rites of Passage – Birth, Marriage, Death<BR>>>><BR>>>> When: Feb 24 2010 at 7 pm.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Where: McKinley Foundation, 809 S. 5^th Street, Champaign<BR>>>><BR>>>> Speakers: Paul Weichsel, Susan Taylor, Roa Al Heiti, Deborah Owen<BR>>>><BR>>>> Sponsored by Intercultural Friendship Foundation<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<BR>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<BR>> believed to be clean.<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Peace mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net" ymailto="mailto:Peace@lists.chambana.net">Peace@lists.chambana.net</A><BR>> <A href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace"
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